We travelers don't have TV and pass a lot of time reading and trading
books. Some books I pick and some are given to me by others. Thus the
diversity. I have come up with the "Hammock" rating system for
my book list. The more "hours in the Hammock", the better the
book. On this scale, a 4.0 would be the highest honor (almost unobtainable
unless it is by Douglas Adams, Robert Asprin or JRR Tolkien). Enjoy!

And The Sea Will Tell by Robert Bugliosi- True story of
murder and sailing the South Seas. First half was great, second half
gets long. Overall, amazing / 3.1 Hammocks

The
Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum- Another spy/counter spy.
Too early in his writing career. Read his later stuff first / 2.4
Hammocks

The
Beach by Alex Garland- Adventures of a traveler in Asia.
Couldn't put the book down. 10 times better than the movie/ 3.4
Hammocks

Hot Six by Janet Evonavich- Comic adventures about a bumbling
female bounty hunter. I must find the first five books soon/
3.2 Hammocks

The
Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum- First spy type book
I ever remember reading. Couldn't put it down/ 3.5
Hammocks

The
Sigma Protocolby Robert Ludlum- Another great spy/counter
spy book. Topic may make some squeamish/
3.1 Hammocks

Six
Short Playsby Eugene O'Neill-Read all 6 plays. Not
as good as Harry Ape or Emperor Jones/ 2.7
Hammocks

The
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas- Wish I would have
read it in high school/ 3.5 Hammocks

Jurassic
Park by Michael Crichton - Thought the characters in the
movie version were perfect/ 2.5 Hammocks

The Lost World
by Michael Crichton - First book was better/ 2.0
Hammocks

Instructions: Just read the sentence straight through quickly
without really thinking about it.

Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of
letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt
is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot
ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed
the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.

Amazing, isn't it?

Geese Fact: When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two
geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect
it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then
they launch out in formation and try to catch the flock

No one knows why, but the quack of a duck does not make an echo,
.

An ostrichs eye is bigger than it's brain.

If you added up all the deaths by sharks, crocodiles, and poisonous
snakes...it is still not as many as are killed by falling coconuts!!!

some facts curtesy of http://www.emmitsburg.net/humor/index_list/interesting_facts_index.htm.

This
restaurant in Managua, Nicaragua gets the "raised eyebrow" award
for this update. I didn't translate anything, this is how it appeared.